“After complying with all the required trial and selection criteria, SASCOC awarded Protea Colours to the team to participate in the 28th MLAIC Short-Range Muzzle Loading World Championships in Eisenstaedt, Austria, from to 19 to 25 August 2018. A total of 25 countries were represented (Argentina, Australia, Austria [host country], Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, Slovak Republic, Sweden and the United States of America) with a total of 395 competitors participating in 2073 individual senior events and 17 individual junior events.”

“It was a very successful tour for SAMSSA. The team brought back 6 Gold, 6 Silver and 10 Bronze medals.One of the team members, Barry Grobbelaar, was crowned as the best shooter of the competition and won aSako Rifle.This was also the first time in the history of SAMSSA than U20 competitors participated overseas. TheU20â€™s came back with a new hunger to do better and broader vision that will not only lead to successes inshooting, but also in life.As team manager I would like to firstly thank SASSCo and SASCOC for their assistance: -making thispossible for us and secondly for each team member who were all well behaved and focussed on doing theirbest.”

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